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Running the new code version: 1.1.5-6542-4 (which is suppose to fix this issue).

My router is still failing to get a DHCP IP from my ISP (after a reboot) when the interface is set to auto. It takes hours of reboots to get the thing working. A factory reset does not necessarily work.

The_Skippy wrote:Running the new code version: 1.1.5-6542-4 (which is suppose to fix this issue).

My router is still failing to get a DHCP IP from my ISP (after a reboot) when the interface is set to auto. It takes hours of reboots to get the thing working. A factory reset does not necessarily work.

I submitted a ticket but zero response from support.

Does your ISP provide VOIP and/or IPTV? My ISP in Singapore is SINGTEL and they do provided VOIP & IPTV through their Fibre Broadband. Even though I don't have IPTV in my internet connection, I still need choose "Singtel" and "VOIP/IPTV" profile from drop down to successfully connect to internet and get WAN IP from ISP.

My RT2600AC was purchased in Singapore and I can see in drop down, customized settings for all ISPs in Singapore and Malaysia. You could probably check this in your router ... if this doesn't help, may be log a ticket to Synology Support to see if they can help resolve your issue.

The_Skippy wrote:I guess I will need to give that a try. Thanks for the idea. How did you know to try this?

When you set the IPTV does it change the functions of the ports on the router? My ISP offers IPTV but they're not listed in the router's drop down.

When I first set it up, I struggled for 4+ hours ... several hard resets and experiments later, I discovered the drop down options and tried one by one and it worked

Due to the ISP option chosen, Lan Ports 1-3 works for default 192.168.x.x range and the Port 4 shows as IPTV. Didn't really connect any device on Port 4 to check if it gives normal 192.168.x.x connection or shows a default VLAN IP in 10.x.x.x range.

I worked with the ISP support staff for hours. The IPTV settings had no affect. At one point (when running off of the secondary WAN port) the ISP saw the MAC addresses of everything on my network (I've seen other people on this forum complain about the same thing happening to them) which is a terrible security issue. I hope synology looks into that.

At some point, we did a factory reset of the router and I still was not able to reliably get a DHCP address from the ISP.

My ISP is not listed at all within the drop down menu, but is was very easy to have a manual set-up.What you need are the VLAN settings as used by the ISP + PPPoE (or automatically). You can ask your ISP.

I think you miss understood. I worked with the ISP they are not using VID's on their network for the IPTV. We did a factory reset on the routers. MAC address should Not be picked up through the firewall. I tried both a 1900ac and a 2600ac both failed to get DHCP addresses. Both were running the update 4 which was suppose to fix exactly that problem. I am convinced it a synology software problem.

Simply explained, there are just two possibilities.- Just using one internet sub-net for the WAN connection- More than one sub-net "transported" by different VLANS for the WAN connection

Both can be used. Just a matter of settings.

But.... depending to the local laws within countries and the habit of "protectionism" by ISP's,they might include algorithms (e.g. MAC based filters), that other routers besides their own are not "allowed".By "spoofing" (copy / past MAC-address) maybe it could work afterwards.

I was working with the ISP. They confirmed they are not using VID for the internet or IPTV traffic. They do not require any ISP centric settings, whatsoever.

We did a factory resets on a RT1900ac and a RT2600ac. Setting them to auto failed to reliably get a DHCP address. That should just Work. There is no excuse for synology. More emphatically because update 4 was suppose to fix exactly this issue.

The_Skippy wrote:We did a factory resets on a RT1900ac and a RT2600ac. Setting them to auto failed to reliably get a DHCP address. That should just Work.

Depends. If the ISP modem or connection is giving a local LAN IP range, if it is in the same range as that of the Synology, it is in conflict.In that case you have to set a different LAN IP sub-net range for the Synology router first.In other cases you can also make your settings manually (even IP address).